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Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 to Develop a Scale to Identify Test Anxiety among Students with Learning Disabilities
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Lufi, Dubi; Awwad, Abeer – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this article was to describe an initial step developing a new scale to identify individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and test anxiety. Eighty-eight students answered the "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2" (MMPI-2). The participants were drawn from the following three groups: (a) adults with LD and test…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Test Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Test Validity
Examining the Potential for Gender Bias in the Prediction of Symptom Validity Test Failure by MMPI-2 Symptom Validity Scale Scores
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Lee, Tayla T. C.; Graham, John R.; Sellbom, Martin; Gervais, Roger O. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Using a sample of individuals undergoing medico-legal evaluations (690 men, 519 women), the present study extended past research on potential gender biases for scores of the Symptom Validity (FBS) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 by examining score- and item-level differences between men and women and determining the…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Gender Bias, Personality Traits
Computerized Adaptive Personality Testing: A Review and Illustration With the MMPI-2 Computerized Adaptive Version.
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Forbey, Johnathan D.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 2007
Computerized adaptive testing in personality assessment can improve efficiency by significantly reducing the number of items administered to answer an assessment question. Two approaches have been explored for adaptive testing in computerized personality assessment: item response theory and the countdown method. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Validity, Personality Assessment
The Utility of Subtle and Obvious MMPI Subscales Based on Scale-Specific Ratings.
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Snyter, C. Michael; Graham, John R. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Investigated the utility of subtle items for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory PD and MA scales and compared college students' (N=98) scores on these scales with scores on similar instruments. Results showed that obvious items are of greatest utility and contribute most to the prediction of criterion behaviors. (LLL)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Multiple Regression Analysis
Sensitivity of MMPI-2 Validity Scales to Random Responding and Malingering.
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Wetter, Martha W.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
Effects of random responding and malingering on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2) validity scales were studied with 173 graduate and undergraduate University of Kentucky (Lexington) students. Inconsistent responding and malingering produced significant elevations on the validity scales, with the dissimulation scale appearing…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Personality Measures, Rating Scales
Partially Random MMPI-2 Protocols: When Are They Interpretable?
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Gallen, Robert T.; Berry, David T. R. – Assessment, 1997
A study with 804 undergraduates finds that Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 protocols that contain random responding with an onset after item 370 can be distinguished from protocols with an earlier onset of random responding. Results suggest that protocols with late random responding may be interpretable in terms of basic clinical and…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education, Personality Assessment